Summer Olympics Jul 31, 2021
Will Japan’s gold rush end with judo? Not likely.
by Jason Coskrey
Japan has won nine golds in judo so far, the most by a single nation at an Olympics. Japan set the previous mark of eight in 2004.
Summer Olympics / Swimming Jul 28, 2021
Twice is nice: Japan's Yui Ohashi wins second gold of the Games in women's 200-meter IM
by Jason Coskrey
Tomoru Honda also added to Japan's medal haul in the pool, earning a silver in the men's 200-meter butterfly.
Summer Olympics Jul 25, 2021
Day 2 recap: From skateboarding to judo, Japan brings home the gold
Japanese judoka Uta and Hifumi Abe became the first siblings to win gold medals on the same day, while Yuto Horigome bagged skateboarding's first gold.
Summer Olympics / Swimming Jul 25, 2021
Japan's Yui Ohashi swims to gold in women's 400-meter individual medley
by Jason Coskrey
Yui Ohashi was coming off a 40th place finish at the national championships and thought about giving up swimming altogether in 2015. Now she's an Olympic champion.
More Sports / Swimming Jan 28, 2019
Rikako Ikee honored as Japan's swimmer of the year
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The Japan Swimming Federation hosted the annual Aquatics Awards on Monday evening in Tokyo, celebrating achievements by its elite athletes in 2018. Asian Games MVP Rikako Ikee, who had already been named the swimmer of the year after the conclusion of the 2018 season, did ...
More Sports / Swimming Aug 21, 2018
Rikako Ikee's quest for Asian Games perfection ends with silver finish in 4x200 relay
Rikako Ikee's quest for a perfect Asian Games slipped away Tuesday, when the women's 4x200-meter freestyle team swam to silver, a disappointing result after she had earlier kept her streak alive with her fourth gold in four events. She won the women's 100-meter butterfly, her ...
More Sports / Swimming Aug 9, 2018
Kalisz outlasts Hagino, Seto in 400 IM on Pan Pacs opening day
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Chase Kalisz proved he’s currently the best individual medley swimmer in the world with a crushing victory over the Japanese star duo. The American geared up after the 250-meter turn to take a lead and only widened the gap on former world champions Kosuke Hagino ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 8, 2018
Rikako Ikee sets two more records on final day of national swimming championships
Rikako Ikee set a pair of Japan records and Yui Ohashi set another on Sunday as the national swimming championships came to a close. Ikee broke the women's 100-meter freestyle mark she established the day before in qualifying at Tokyo's Tatsumi International Swimming Center. Ikee ...
More Sports / Swimming Dec 21, 2017
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records at short course meet
Yui Ohashi and Rikako Ikee set national records while winning the women's 400-meter individual medley and women's 50-meter butterfly, respectively, at the Swim Cup Lausanne on Wednesday. On the opening day of the two-day short course swimming meet at the 25-meter Mon Repos swimming pool, ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 15, 2017
Hagino outduels Seto in 200 IM; Ikee earns third title at nationals
Round 2 of the Kosuke Hagino-Daiya Seto duel went to the Olympic champ this time, with Hagino comfortably winning the men's 200-meter individual medley for the sixth straight time at the national swimming championships Saturday. Less than an hour after capturing the 400 freestyle title ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 14, 2017
Hagino rallies to win men's 200 freestyle; Ohashi shatters national mark in women's 400 IM
Kosuke Hagino was made to work again at the national swimming championships Friday, when he claimed a narrow victory in the men's 200-meter freestyle. The Rio Olympic gold medalist came from behind over the last 50 meters to win in 1 minute, 47.29 seconds for ...